1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Lysosome Center ‘Sphinx’, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Laboratory of Genetic Metabolic ...
Accurate classification of variants in cancer susceptibility genes (CSGs) is key for correct estimation of cancer risk and management of patients. Consistency in the weighting assigned to individual ...
Background: According to the international criteria for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) diagnostics, cancer patients with a family history or early onset of colorectal tumours ...
Digenic inheritance (DI) is the simplest form of inheritance for genetically complex diseases. By contrast with the thousands of reports that mutations in single genes cause human diseases, there are ...
As of 1 January 2025, the Journal of Medical Genetics (JMG) has become the official journal of the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM), an exciting new partnership will strengthen the exchange ...
2 North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Kennedy-Galton Centre, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the ...
Background: A common missense variant of the CDKN2A gene (A148T) predisposes to malignant melanoma in Poland. An association between malignant melanoma and breast cancer has been reported in several ...
Background Achondroplasia is the most common form of disproportionate short stature and is associated with reduced life expectancy. It is not clear to what extent cardiovascular disease (CVD) is ...
Background Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystem disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance, caused by the abnormal expansion of the CTG triplet in the DMPK gene. Biomarker discovery in ...
Background Heterozygous PURA (Purine-rich element-binding protein A) variants cause PURA syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by hypotonia, seizures and intellectual disability.
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA A Gregory, Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson ...
Background Pathogenic variants in the protection of telomerase 1 (POT1) gene are associated with predisposition to a broad spectrum of malignancies, although the specific genotype–phenotype ...